DAVE ROBERTSON

available work "My photographic work is primarily a form of social commentary." Dave Roberston An award winner at the Spier Contemporary 2010 for a documentary photographic project focusing on informal recyclers in Newtown, Johannesburg. Best known for a series of expressionist, hand-painted photographs of township scenes in Southern Africa which were exhibited at galleries in Germany, the Netherlands and at �Photo LA 2004�  in Los Angeles, USA.  More recently Dave's work has been exhibited by several galleries in South Africa including the Irma Stern Museum, the Bell-Roberts Gallery, Kalk Bay Modern, Focus Contemporary and Kim Sacks Gallery. Recent  Exhibitions: 2011: concrete trails urban tales , Worldart Gallert, Cape Town. 2010: Point of Focus , (Group show),Kalk Bay Modern, Cape Town. Bonani Africa Festival , Group show, Cape Town. Spier Contemporary 2010 : Award Winner for 'Paper Trails ' documentary series. 2009: Spirit of Ubuntu , Group show, Exposure Gallery, Cape Town. 2008: Rain , Focus Contemporary Gallery, Cape Town. 2007: Abstract Egypt , Focus Contemporary Gallery, Cape Town. CT 24 , Group show, Focus Contemporary Gallery, Cape Town. 2005: Remember, Irma Stern Gallery, Cape Town. 2004: De Dependance , Smelik & Stokking, Den Haag, Netherlands. PhotoLA 2004 , The Perfect Exposure Gallery, LA, USA. 2001: Collaborative art , The Upstairs Gallery, Cape Town. Absolut Cape Town , Group show, Pinnacle Building, Cape Town. 2000: Metaphysical photography , Upstairs Gallery, Cape Town. Collaboration , Group show, Bell-Roberts Gallery, Cape Town. 1999: Colour Spirit , Jazz Radio Station, Berlin, Germany. Exhibition of lithographs: Kim Sacks Gallery, Johannesburg. 1998: Colour Spirit , Marzahn Library, Berlin, Germany. Colour Spirit , ARTCO, Leipzig, Germany. Colour Spirit , Jojo Centre, Berlin, Germany. Colour Spirit, Ariadne Gallery, Pamos, Cyprus.

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